Midrashic Women: Formations of the Feminine in Rabbinic Literature by Judith R. Baskin

Midrashic Women: Formations of the Feminine in Rabbinic Literature

Brandeis Series on Jewish Women (Paperback)

Judith R. Baskin

232 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction feminism religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Description

While most gender-based analyses of rabbinic Judaism concentrate on the status of women in the halakhah (the rabbinic legal tradition), Judith R. Baskin turns her attention to the construction of women in the aggadic midrash, a collection of expan...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 1 review

Moods

challenging 100%
informative 100%

Pace

slow 100%

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.